War in Syria: New thuggish islamist group from Central Asia (PHOTOS)

13.06.2019 - 19:40

We are keeping an eye on foreign militants' groups participating in Syrian armed conflict on the side of terror groups. They always were the case of special interest to us. As a rule these groups consist of especialy thuggish «wunderkinds».

At some point one of those groups appeared in Jisr Ash-Shugur. It mostly consisted of the Tadzhik, the Uzbeks and the Azerbaidjanians — between 50 and 75 militants. They were previously listed as member of «Imam Al-Bukhari battallion». But then their leader Abu Mariam Al-Tajiki decided to pledge allegiance to «Al-Qaeda» and established his own group.

Today it is known as «Katibat Al-Harsa» subordinated to «Wardens of religion» — terror group «Hurras Ad-Din», which is an official branch of «Al-Qaeda»* in Syria.

Until now that group didn't stantd out a lot but at the present moment due to new round of active combat actions in Idlib and Hama provinces we get a chance to know much more about these guys.